I´ve been running with RFXCOM in other HA platforms and now lately for approx 2 years with Indigo.

During these 2 years I have had random "disconnects" of the RFXtrx433e unit and up until half a year ago it helped with re-cycling power on the RFXtrx433e by removing the USB cable but approximately half year ago that did not help anymore and I had to restart my Mac Mini in order to get RFXtrx433e connected with my Mac Mini and Indigo again.

I have the RFXtrx433e with latest firmware (version 251 and I see that there has been a firmware 1001 released 18th Feb this year) and the Indigo RFXCOM plugin I am using is version 1.7.9.

I have also updated the USB FTDI driver recently (where can I see what version I am on?) as well as updated my Mac Mini with latest OS (currently on El Capitan 10.11.4).

I have an audio announcement that is triggered by the SQL Logger picking up an RFXCOM error and keeps playing the message until it is fixed which ensures it gets sorted ASAP

He he excellent suggestion. May I ask yo for that script please?

@durosity

durosity wrote:

I was having this issue when I installed the latest ftdi update. I didn't have much time to troubleshoot it though as I migrated to a new server (without the update) and the problem went away.

Hmm not sure since (if I remember correctly) I had a similar problem before the update but at that time I could fix the problem by repowering the RFXtrx433e compared to the issues now that requires a complete reboot of the Mac Mini that runs Indigo.But yes indeed, definately "feels" like an issue with the updates and the USB problems others are having since the USB port suddenly "disappears".

This will cause the action to keep repeating as the trigger will fire whenever the RFXCOM error message appears in the log, which once it happens is continuous as you have no doubt found out. I haven't done it yet but one could add in an action that disables the trigger for a minute or so in order that the speaking frequency is slowed down to a less annoying rate

For the action I am using the MQTT Gateway plugin to send a message to an App that listens for incoming messages and then speaks the contents of the messages via Airfoil to my airplay announcement speakers. You could obviously just do a normal speak command to send it out or a Prowl message etc.